Lilongwe, Malawi … Life is hard for the village people in Malawi. It is even more difficult this year with at least 4 strains of COVID-19 cutting a disastrous swath through the nation. No one knows that better than 11-year-old Bashiri Leson. This orphan boy lost both parents when he was only two years old, …
The Safe Travel website lists a number of new restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19.
The sanitizer has been earmarked for government hospitals and clinics that are critically short of supplies.
Shirley passed away on Saturday, July 17 after a lengthy illness. Her efforts to help people will not be forgotten.
Today’s visitors will be surprised to find almost no chain stores from outside the continent.
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 health systems worldwide have been overwhelmed and Malawi has a very poor health system.
It is not often that two organizations, chartered in two different parts of the world, formed by members of two different nationalities, can create a working relationship that is nearly seamless in its execution. However, this is what has taken place between the Malawi Project in the U.S. and Action for Progress in Malawi. The Malawi Project was formed in the …
0-14 years: 45.87% (male 4,843,107/female 4,878,983) = 9,722,090 15-24 years: 20.51% (male 2,151,417/female 2,195,939) = 4,347,356 25-54 years: 27.96% (male 2,944,936/female 2,982,195) = 5,927,131 55-64 years: 2.98% (male 303,803/female 328,092) = 631,895 65 years and over: 2.68% (male 249,219/female 318,938) = 568,157 Pictured are a portion of the 5,000 orphan children gathered at the Mponela Trading Center a few years ago to receive food during the intense famine.
Sankhani Primary School, Malawi … The Sankhani School has 1,335 students and is located just east of the Action for Progress distribution center west of Lilongwe. Each day children see the trucks coming and going, delivering needed supplies free to hospitals, clinics, prisons, schools, churches, and community groups all over the nation. These are supplies …
A few days ago, a friend offered to take Wilson Tembo’s son back to school in Blantyre. (Wilson is the Executive Director for Action for Progress in Malawi). Wilson loaned him his car for the trip. The trip down was uneventful, but on the way back to Lilongwe the driver lost control of Wilson’s car …
